Improvement in library shears



L. PRANG.

LIBRARY SHEARS.

No. 104,996. Patented July 5, 1870.

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idnltml lnte5 paw-l ow Letters Patent No? 104,996, dated July 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIBRARY SHEARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Louis Phase, of Boston, in the vou'nty'uf Suffolk'and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and -useful Improvementin Library Shears; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccomparry-king drawing forming part of this specification, in w no 1-The figure is a side view of my improved library shears.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved library shearswhich shall be so constructed as to serve as a shears, paper-knife,eraser, letter-folder, and seal, thus comprising within itself many ofthe tools that a librarian or clerk'most frequently requires, and whichshall be so constructed as to boas conveniently used for each of itsuses as if that particular use was the only one for which it wasintended; and It consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts of the shears, as hereinaftermore fully described.

A and B are'the blades of the shears, and a. and b are the respectivehandles of said blades.

One of the blades, as A, is made wide, and its outer edge 0 is drawndown thin, as shown in the figure, to adapt the said blade to serve as apaper-knife.

The forward part D of the edge 0 is so formed that it may beconveniently used as an eraser.

Upon the end of one of the handles, as b, is formed a letter orpaper-folder, E, as shown in the drawing, and upon the outer side of theother handle is formed a seal, F. These different appliances are soarranged that neither of them will interfere with either of the otheruses for which the shears are intended.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A libraryshears, formed by the combination of paper-knife G, and eraser D, withthe blades AB, and handles a b, as shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. An improved library shears, formed by the combination of thepaper-knife O, eraser D, paper or letter-folder E, and seal 1*, with theblades A B and handles a 71, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, andfor the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 14th day ofMay, 1870. i

\ LOUIS PRANG.

Witnesses:

, GEO. W. MABEE,

JAMES'T. GRAHAM.

